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Against Aesthetic Medievalism in Anglican Worship

August 1st, 2025 | 5 min read

By Gillis Harp

Significant numbers of American evangelicals have come to find ancient liturgical forms meaningful, a welcome alternative to the folksy informality typical of many Protestant churches today, especially ‘big-box’ nondenominational congregations. In liturgical churches, these seekers find a stronger historical consciousness and a reverence that contrasts with the irreverent style of their tradition-less ‘tradition.’ 

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Gillis Harp

Gillis Harp is the author, most recently, of Protestants and American Conservatism: A Short History (Oxford University Press, 2019).